Religious service attendance (Over Time)

Religious Service Attendance by Year (General Social Survey, 1972 - 2014)

Never

Less than once a year

Once or twice a year

Several times a year

Once a month

2-3 times a month

About weekly

Once a week

Several times a week

Don't know/No answer

2014

26.2

6.7

13.1

10.1

6.0

8.6

4.5

17.5

6.9

0.4

2012

25.5

6.0

13.3

10.2

6.9

8.3

3.8

19.3

6.5

0.4

2010

22.0

6.9

13.9

10.4

7.6

8.4

4.3

18.6

7.5

0.4

2008

20.7

7.1

13.4

10.2

7.2

8.7

4.9

19.3

8.2

0.3

2006

22.4

6.8

12.7

11.6

6.8

8.4

5.0

19.0

7.1

0.4

2004

15.3

7.2

14.2

13.3

6.7

9.5

6.0

18.7

8.7

0.4

2002

18.6

7.0

13.9

12.9

6.8

9.3

6.5

16.5

7.7

0.8

2000

20.7

7.8

11.9

13.1

7.0

7.8

4.7

17.3

6.9

2.8

1998

19.3

10.4

10.5

10.8

7.3

8.6

6.6

17.3

7.7

1.6

1996

15.1

8.7

13.8

14.3

6.5

9.3

5.5

16.7

7.2

2.8

1994

16.1

7.6

13.9

12.8

7.4

9.2

4.9

18.7

7.9

1.7

1993

16.1

8.5

12.0

11.0

7.0

8.5

6.2

20.0

8.4

2.4

1991

12.5

9.0

13.3

11.8

7.8

9.8

5.5

22.7

6.1

1.6

1990

13.1

8.3

11.9

12.8

7.7

9.3

5.1

22.3

6.8

2.8

1989

16.4

7.2

12.9

12.3

8.0

8.1

5.2

22.6

7.0

0.3

1988

17.2

7.3

11.3

13.1

7.8

9.7

7.4

18.7

7.4

0.2

1987

11.9

6.7

13.9

15.3

8.2

9.9

5.0

20.8

7.6

0.7

1986

14.0

7.1

12.4

11.9

8.0

10.1

4.5

22.7

9.0

0.3

1985

14.5

7.0

15.0

12.1

7.4

7.4

3.7

25.0

7.8

0.3

1984

12.9

7.3

11.7

14.0

7.5

8.3

4.8

23.4

9.2

0.9

1983

13.9

8.1

13.1

11.6

6.6

9.7

5.3

22.9

8.5

0.3

1982

14.1

7.2

15.3

13.9

6.5

8.0

5.8

20.1

8.3

0.8

1980

11.4

7.4

15.7

15.2

6.7

8.0

6.2

21.5

7.4

0.5

1978

15.6

8.7

13.2

11.4

6.7

9.5

7.0

19.5

8.0

0.3

1977

13.9

8.3

13.3

12.4

7.4

9.0

5.7

21.4

8.0

0.6

1976

12.9

9.1

13.5

15.5

7.1

6.7

6.0

19.9

8.9

0.5

1975

14.5

7.2

12.3

14.0

6.8

8.9

6.6

22.4

6.8

0.2

1974

12.2

6.9

15.2

12.7

8.0

8.7

5.8

22.4

7.9

0.2

1973

13.6

7.8

12.9

15.0

6.2

8.3

7.7

20.5

7.4

0.6

1972

9.3

8.5

11.0

14.0

6.7

8.8

6.1

28.5

6.3

0.8

Notes

Frequencies from GSS 1972-2002 were weighted by OVERSAMP. 2004 frequencies were weighted by WT2004. Frequencies for 2006 and 2008 were weighted by WTSS and frequencies for 2010 were weighted by WTCOMBNR. The 2012 and 2014 frequencies were weighted by WTCOMB

The General Social Surveys (GSS) have been conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) annually since 1972, except for the years 1979, 1981, and 1992 (a supplement was added in 1992), and biennially beginning in 1994. The GSS are designed to be part of a program of social indicator research, replicating questionnaire items and wording in order to facilitate time-trend studies. This data file has all cases and variables asked on the 2014 GSS. There are a total of 3,842 cases in the data set but their initial sampling years vary because the GSS now contains panel cases. Sampling years can be identified with the variable SAMPTYPE.